Gillingham manager Mark Stimson has rejected suggestions a deal has already been done with Arsenal for 15-year-old Luke Freeman, but accepts the youngster looks set to join the Gunners.

The League One side club are resigned to losing their talented prospect, who became the youngest player to feature in the FA Cup when he came on against Barnet in the first round earlier this season and was also attracting interest from Newcastle and West Ham.

Last week, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger revealed he expected the move to be
'pushed through' but Gills boss Stimson insists nothing has been finalised and
maintains the reported figures of around £500,000 were well wide of the mark.

Stimson told the Kent Messenger: 'He is still a Gillingham player.

'Luke is in the process of maybe going across to Arsenal. At the moment the
chairman and someone from Arsenal are sorting the details out.

'I have read that they will pay £500,000 for him and I said to the chairman
'happy days' but it is not going to be anywhere near that type of money,
unfortunately for us.

'It will be something that, if he makes the grade at Arsenal, then we will
get rewarded and there will be some kind of fee for the transfer. He is a
special talent.'

Wenger insists he is not interested in making any major moves in the transfer
window this month.

The Gunners have, nevertheless, been linked with a move for Marseille winger
Andre Ayew, the French-born Ghana international and son of ex-Marseille star
Abedi Pele.

The promising 18-year-old is currently away at the African Nations Cup, and
any potential deal may well not be completed until the summer, with the French
club rating their player at around £5million.

Bulgarian Under-21 winger Nikolay Dimitrov had a trial spell at Arsenal last
month, but as yet Wenger has not decided to further his interest.